Clarion 1937-06-00 Vol 16 No 12

Francis
Sorley
Muriel
Johnson
71'44
Sophy
Parfin
Margaret
Olson
THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XVI, No. 12 BETHEL INSTITUTE, ST. PAUL, MINN. June, 1937
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
TO BE HELD FRIDAY, JUNE 11
FOUR STUDENTS
RECEIVE HONORS
IN SCHOLARSHIP
Are Active in Extra
Curricular Affairs
To three girls and one boy go the
highest honors in the 1937 gradu-ating
classes, according to a recent
announcement by the administra-tion.
Miss Muriel Johnson and Miss
Sophy Parfin are the high point
scholastic students of the Junior
College, while Miss Margaret Olson,
B. M. T., and Mr. Francis Sorley,
Seminary, received similar ratings
in their departments. These four
students have received the highest
standings in their classes by earn-ing
a greater number of honor
points with consistently high grades
than the other members of the
classes.
Besides winning acclaim in schol-arship
all four students have been
active in extra curricular activities
during their years at Bethel. Miss
Johnson played a leading role in
the 1937 Sophomore Class play,
"Reliving Plymouth," was a so-prano
in both the Girls' Glee Club
and the A cappella Choir, and dur-ing
her second year was a member
of the student council, the relig-ious
council, and the boarding club
advisory board. Miss Parfin won
this year's championship in girls'
ping pong, sang in the Girls' Glee
Club and A cappella Choir, played
on the girls' basket ball team, and
was a member of the Clarion staff
last year.
In the B. M. T., Miss Olson was
vice president of the senior class
and has been a member of the
Student Volunteers for three years.
Mr. Sorley was vice president of the
Seminary graduating class, and the
religious council.
College Group Plans to
Give Concerts in West
The Bethel Male Trio composed
of Ned Holmgren, John Valine and
Herbert Franck, together with Dean
Emery Johnson will spend the sum-mer
giving concerts in at least thir-teen
Western states. The tour will
begin with a concert at Arthur,
Iowa, June 16. They will not be
home until August 25. They plan
to give a concert every evening un-til
they reach Denver, with three
concerts on the first Sunday. Be-tween
thirty-five and forty con-certs
are already lined up.
They intend to visit such points
of interest as the Grand Canyon,
Painted Desert, Yosemite National
Park, and Yellowstone National
Park. They hope to see the new
San Francisco Bay Bridge and pos-sibly
cross it.
But the highlight will be their
singing at the Swedish Baptist Gen-eral
Conference which will con-vene
at Los Angeles, July 7-13.
Rev. Peter MacFarlane
Speaks to Alumni Group
Members of the graduating classes
were guests at the Bethel Alumni
banquet held at the Minnesota
Union, June 9. Rev. Peter Mac-
Farlane of the Union Gospel
Mission, St. Paul was the speaker.
The banquet was sponsored by
the Bethel Alumni Association. Dr.
C. R. Wall, president of the Asso-ciation,
acted as toastmaster. Dr.
G. Arvid Hagstrom introduced the
graduating classes and their presi-dents
responded. They were Leon-ard
Turnquist of the Seminary,
Ethel Sjoberg of the Bible Mission-ary
Training Department, a n d
Maurice Lawson of the Junior Col-lege.
An instrumental trio by three
fourteen year old accordion players
made the program more interesting.
The trio was made up of Marion
Nelson, Mildred Olund, and Robert
Ackermark, all of Minneapolis.
Hultgren and Olson Begin
Concert Series in Michigan
Prof. George Hultgren and Clar-ence
Olson began a series of con-certs
Friday, June 4, when they
appeared together at the Swedish
Mission church of Iron Mountain,
Michigan.
A full recital was given in which
Prof. Hultgren sang a variety of
numbers ranging from grand opera
to Swedish folk songs. Mr. Olson
played two groups of piano selec-tions.
This opens a series of concerts
which will be continued in the East
next fall.
COLLEGE DEAN GIVES
PLANS OF NEW COURSES
"I believe in the future of Bethel.
I would not have taken the job as
Dean if I didn't," stated Mr. John-son
who will soon have completed
his first year as Dean of Bethel
Junior College. "I see no reason
why Bethel cannot become a school
comparable in size to schools of any
denomination."
Mr. Johnson stated that his con-tacts
with Bethel students have
been of great benefit to him spiritu-ally.
He said, "I expected it to be
superior, but not to the extent that
it has proved itself to be. I confess
I was a bit surprised to find such
a high spiritual plane."
According to Mr. Johnson, Bethel
students are average or better as far
as intelligence is concerned.
Plan New Courses For Next Year
Plans for next year include
courses in religious education, Bible,
science, and economics. "We hope
in this way to strengthen our aca-demic
departments," Mr. Johnson
said. Concerning the new degree of
Associate of Religious Education
that will be given, he said, "Bethel
will be one of the very few schools
offering enough Bible and religious
education subjects for such a title."
In addition to this, the admin-istration
is planning several special
series of chapel services for the
spiritual benefit of the students. "I
honestly believe that the spirit that
has prevailed this year will con-tinue
with us and also grow," he
said.
Mr. Johnson concluded with a re-quest
for the cooperation of all
Bethelites: "I hope that the stu-dents,
the alumni, and the friends
of Bethel will support Bethel more
whole-heartedly than ever before,
because of the fact that there is a
real need for a genuine Christian
College which offers accredited col-lege
work.
CLAYTON BOLINDER IS
ALEXIS SOCIETY HEAD
Ministerial and Seminary students
elected Clayton Bolinder president
of the Alexis society in a recent
ballot. Mr. Bolinder, a Seminary
Middleman, served as vice-president
of the same group the first semes-ter
of the present school year.
Serving with him will be Har-old
Wilson, vice-president; Florence
Lindstrom, secretary; Maurice
Wessman, treasurer; Gordon An-derson,
refreshment chairman; Ned
Lawson, social chairman; Ned
Holmgren, pianist; ushers, Paul
Backlin, Rodger Goodman, and Or-ville
Johnson; Dr. G. A. Hagstrom,
critic.
Rev. E. T. Dahlberg Speaks
On "The Demonstrable Christ"
Rev. Edwin T. Dahlberg of the
First Baptist church, St. Paul, will
address the graduates of the Junior
College the Seminary, and the
Bible Missionary Training Depart-ment
at the commencement exer-cises
Friday, June 11, at the First
Swedish Baptist church, Minneapo-lis.
In addition to Rev. Dahlberg's
address, "The Demonstrable Christ,"
the program will include numbers
by the a Capella Choir, the Male
Chorus, the Girl's Trio, and a two
piano duet by Ruth Fredine and
Prof. Theodore Bergman.
The graduates of the Seminary
are: Everett E. Backlin, B.D., Hil-ding
Lind, B.D., Francis Sorley,
B.D., Donald A. Clover, Th. B.,
Donald G. Peterson, Th. B., Fern
Rold, Th. G., John D. Lundberg,
Th. B., Donald Tanquist, Th. B.,
Leonard Turnquist, Th. B., and John
Dikkers, Th. B.
The Junior College graduates are:
Ruth Anderson, LaVern Bjorklund,
Ann Ferre, S. Bruce Fleming, Maur-ice
Lawson, Sophy Parfin, Paul V.
Backlin, Grace Forsberg, Folke
Ferre, Maxwell Franzen, Ned H.
Holmgren, Elmer John, Lillian
Johnson, Florence Lindstrom, Mar-tha
Olson, Joel Strandberg, Robert
Wingblade, Paul Racer, Andrew
Sinkiewicz, J. Egon Hadley, Ed-ward
Nelson, and Raymond Olson.
Last Class of B. M. T. Graduates
The following will graduate from
the Bible Missionary Training De-partment:
Violette Anderson, Sylvia
Danielson, Frank May, Mrs. AdelI
May, Margaret Olson, Pearl King,
Hazel Rossander, Ethel Sjoberg, and
Signe Backlund.
Six students will receive certifi-cates
for having completed the one
year Christian Worker's Course.
They are: Charlotte Ahlstrom, Lois
Carlson, Marjorie Carlson, Wilma
Hartley, Evelyn Holm, and Hanna
Omark.
EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS
STAFFS FILLED IN ELECTION
The editorial staff for the Clarion
apparently will be unchanged next
year, for the editor and his asso-ciate
were re-elected on the stu-dent
ballot last Thursday morning.
Bruce Fleming, the present busi-ness
manager, was also re-elected.
Everett Johnson was chosen to be
his assistant and the two will have
charge of all business including the
advertising.
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THE BETHEL CLARION
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Harold Wilson Editor
Ralph Johnson Associate Editor
Everett Johnson News Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
S. Bruce Fleming Business Manager
Ruth Lawson Circulation Manager
Vivyonne Ekstrum Ass't. Circulation Manager
Joel Strandberg Advertising Manager
Ralph Holman Asst. Adv. Manager
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS ISSUE
Alrick Blomquist Donald Peterson
Hilding Lind Florence Lindstrom
Maurice Wessman Samuel Schultz
Luetta Schmidt Hope Widen
Isaac Rahn John Bergeson
Phyllis Bohne Carl Lundquist
Stanley Rendahl Raymon Martin
ADVISERS
Miss Effie Nelson Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935 at the post-office
at St. Paul, Minnesota under the act of March 3, 1879.
Student Council Head Speaks
The year is over! ! ! In looking back over all the
activities of the Student Council, I hope we have not
failed in our greatest aim; namely, to leave the stu-dent
body a Council which would deserve the con-fidence
and sincere support of every student. We
have tried to be primarily a "channel of com-munication"
between the students and the faculty,
rather than between the faculty and the students,
and we hope that we have at least partially suc-ceeded.
Feeling that the student spirit of Bethel has
changed as the age medium has lowered in both
the Junior College and Seminary, we have en-deavored
to catch and represent the present spirit.
It was this present spirit that we tried to express
at the Homecoming program last fall with a lighter,
more entertaining program, blending together the
light and the serious, as we felt Christian students
should be able to do.
It was to meet the desire for freer and more spon-taneous
worship that we suggested a change in
chapel singing. It was to satisfy the evident longing
for a deeper walk with Christ, that we followed the
Lord's guidance in securing Dr. Legters, whose mes-sages
were so clear and powerful.
It was in appreciation of the view that Christian
young people should be well-informed on major non-religious
subjects that we planned the Fireside Fel-lowship
Forum with its predominating educational
tones. Besides these, the all-school skating party,
more combined chapel services, wider selection of
chapel speakers, and numerous smaller changes and
recommendations to the faculty were decided upon
in response to suggestions of the students. We thank
those students who did respond to our invitation to
offer their suggestions and helpful criticisms, thus
enabling us to be that "channel of communication"
to the faculty which we hoped to be.
Wilbur S. Sorley.
A Word From the Dean
The other day I met an old classmate of mine from
grade-school days, a friend whom I had not seen for
eighteen years. We exchanged what information we
had regarding the other members of the class. The
where-abouts of the majority were unknown to us.
Those whom we were able to recall and with whom
we were acquainted as to lot and location were few
in number. Among these few were an officer in the
navy, a high school instructor, a member of the
staff of one of the larger radio stations, a physician,
a dispenser of liquor behind a bar, and several
others.
A startling revelation was the fact that one of the
most promising of the boys in the field of writing
had not progressed whatsoever in his line. Another
of the boys was being sued for a handsome sum be-cause
he was involved in a fracas. Two of the mem-bers
of the class had met accidental deaths. As a
whole, we were able to determine that of those we
knew, the majority were law-abiding citizens, capa-ble
of earning their own livelihood and doing it.
There were no outstanding personages among them.
Yet success is not measured by popular acclaim, but
by service and sincerity. It was disappointing to hear
of the failures among the old classmates. How
different the story could have been for these had
they elected the way of the four-fold life.
The chat that this old friend and I had the other
day compelled me to wonder about the unknown
ones. What were they doing? How is it with their
several abilities? Are they respectable citizens? Did
they succeed or did they fail? I realized that some
of them were thinking the same about my friend
and me. They have not seen us for years. If they
did meet us what could they report to those they
meet? I wondered, and then I realized that I have
not finished an iota of the tasks which I should have
assumed. Could they report that I have "run the
race which was set before me?" I shall "think on
these things."
Emery A. Johnson.
Another Book Worth Reading
Among the books leading in sales as listed by
"Books" we notice that In the Footsteps of Saint
Paul is still prominent. This is one of the most hope-ful
signs in the current reading market.
In the Footsteps of Saint Paul by H. V. Morton is
a non-controversial book by an Englishman who de-cides
to traverse the same course that Saint Paul
took on his missionary voyages and see what "the
ravages of Time" are. A trip like this takes him
along the shores of Asia Minor, to Greece, to Pales-tine,
to the seat of authority in the ancient Roman
Empire. His trip is an interesting commentary on
"progress". Where the Roman government had built
cities and laid out roads there are ruins. Lizards
crawl among the remains of once populous cities and
the sea licks at the base of ports of past splender.
Where the cultured Greek carefully taught disciples
in Asia Minor there are now bawling beggars. Gov-ernmental
corruption has destroyed the last remains
of ancient Roman justice. Buried and uncovered
debris testify to "Great was Diana of the Ephesians."
Even the religion that Paul preached has seen
change since Paul travelled. The gospel that he
preached has been reintroduced again and meets
more opposition now than it did then. Fortunately,
the gospel is not limited by geography.
The book is interesting, suggestive, and non-con-troversial.
From the Moody Monthly to the London
Times its praise has been sung.
Hilding Lind.
Devotions
"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask
amiss." James 4:3.
Very definitely James asserts that we do not
receive or realize greater results in our work
for Christ because we fail to meet certain re-quirements.
We ask amiss, he says. In his
first chapter he also mentions that we lack
patience and that we should strive more earn-estly
for it.
We should expect great things from God.
Why fail in results? We fail because we are not
willing to wait for God's plans to materialize.
We lack patience. Jacob was forced to run
away from his home, never to see his mother's
face again, simply because he was not willing
to wait for God's plans to work out. Think of
the many bitter disappointments he could have
avoided had he waited. If we could but learn
the secret of patience we would never fail in
the results that God has promised to "all who
wait on the Lord."
Patience teaches how to ask. If we do not
ask amiss we shall receive. May the trails or
temptations we have this coming year teach
us patience to accomplish those things we ac-tually
want to do. J. R. Dikkers.
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MARK TYME
"Published by the Students of
Bethel Institute"
The Clarion is the official voice
of the student body at Bethel. The
school administration is willing to
have it so. The only restriction is
the common sense of the editors and
a part donation by the school. We
therefore have liberty to put out
just the kind of a publication that
we want. At least, that is theoreti-cally
true.
Unfortunately the Clarion lends
itself too readily to school pub-licity
purposes. To some of the
alumni and some other friends we
send our paper and it is almost in-evitable
that to send out a rosy
picture of school life and thought
becomes a paramount importance.
We do not find in our periodical
a place for airing of dissenting
views. As the publishers of the
paper we have a right to determine
its policy and use it for our own
growth. If the administration uses
the paper for publicity purposes
the editors should receive salary
for promotional work.
It would be much better if a
separate quarterly were put out by
the administration that would have
publicity for its purpose. This
could contain alumni news. Of
course, there would be the same
problem there but that the alumni
would have to cope with that.
Incidently, I think that the opin-ions
of the alumni should find ar-ticulation
somewhere. They would
be better supporters then. To think
that by not heeding criticism, not
allowing it to be heard is safer
for progress for the school is a
short sighted view. But that is for
the alumni!
Whatever the fundamental reason,
the Clarion is open to attack from
several directions. The students
have perhaps shoved too much over
on the editor and the paper is pub-lished
by the Clarion editor helped
by an assistant, and a few features
`dragged' out of some unwilling re-porters.
There is no real compe-tition
to get on the staff because
there are too few to be competing
for places. Indifference and care-lessness
makes the editor's hair
gray (or he loses it).
Then there is the matter of style.
We have in the name of journalism
sentences whose length would make
Macaulay turn around several times
in his grave for sheer envy. We
also find it necessary in news ar-ticles
to editorialize just a little.
Or long lists of names. . . .
We need some bright girls for
proof readers. My face has no doubt
become white several times this
year as I perceived my fearful and
wonderful sentence construction.
But mine wasn't alone. The editors
simply cannot do everything.
We need straight-from-the-shoul-der
criticism (not sermons). We
need something more vital than
unanimity of triteness in opinion.
We have the right, why not use it?
And why moralize when we could
be a little more honest. Not just
criticism either, but also ideas.
A. H. L.
CLASS DAY AT BETHEL INSTITUTE
Thursday, June 10, 1937
Program at 10:00 A. M.
1. Processional—Pomp and Circumstance - - - Elgar
Clarence Olson
2. Hymn No. 210—Lead on, 0 King Eternal.
3. Devotions - - - - - Wilma Hartley
4. Thanks Be to God - - - - - - - Dickson
Bethel Male Chorus
5. Words of Welcome - - President G. Arvid Hagstrom
6. Concerto G Minor (Second movement) - Saint Saens
Ruth Fredine and Prof. Theodore Bergman at second piano
7. Presentation of Awards for Student Activities:
(a) Athletics -
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Presented by Coach R. H. Johnson
Minor letters fo
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r Tennis to Herbert Franck, Joel Strand-berg,
Robert Wingblade, Ned Holmgren.
Minor letters for Basketball to Alrik Blomquist, Rudolph
Gustafson, Warren Eklund, Herbert Franck, Carl Holm-berg,
Orville Johnson, Raymond Olson, Charles Persons,
Robert Persons, Donald Tanquist.
Major letters for Basketball to Raynold Appelquist, Gordon
Anderson, Everett Backlin, John Bergeson (Manager),
Gustave Ferre, Ned Holmgren, Ernest Pieper, Stanley
Rendahl, Floyd Richert, Wilbur Sorley, Robert Wingblade.
Sweaters to Carl Holmberg, Stanley Rendahl, Donald Tan-quist.
Letters for Baseball to Raynold Appelquist, Alrik Blom-quist,
Clifford Dickau, Warren Eklund, Gustave Ferre,
Rudolph Gustafson, Carl Holmberg, Orville Johnson,
Charles Persons, Ernest Pieper, Stanley Rendahl, and
Donald Tanquist.
(b) Forensics -
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Presented by Elmer John
Bronze charms to
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Car
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l Lundquist (debate) and Martha
Olson (declamatory).
Silver charms to Edward Nelson (debate) and Rodger
Goodman (oratory).
Presentation of silver oratory trophy by Rodger Goodman.
(c) Clarion Staff - Presented by Everett Backlin
Bronze charms to R
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alph Johnson, Associate Editor; Joel
Strandberg, Advertising Manager; and Ruth Lawson Cir-culation
Manager.
Gold charm to Harold Wilson, editor-in-chief; and Bruce
Fleming, Business Manager.
Special awards—Bound copies of The Bethel Clarion to
Clayton Bolinder, Sports Editor, and Stanley Rendahl,
Alumni Editor.
Gold charm to Hilding Lind.
(d) Music
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Presented by Aymond Anderson
Bronze char
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ms to
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Folke Ferre, Maxwell Franzen, Rodger
Goodman, Carl Holmgren, Ned Holmgren, Elmer John,
Orville Johnson, Maurice Lawson, Raymond Martin, Ray-mond
Olson, Paul Racer, Henry Rahn, Francis Sorley,
Robert Wingblade.
8. Praise to the Lord - -
A Capella Chorus
- Christiansen
9. Awarding of prizes and scholarships:
(a) Excelsior in Literis Public Speaking prizes, given by the
Excelsior in Literis Society.
First prize, Clifford Dickau. Second prize, Edward Nelson.
(b) Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memoriam, by
Harold L. Kerfoot, son of Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot,
fifty dollars, to Luetta Schmidt.
(c) Bethel Theological Seminary Alumni Association Scholar-ship
of thirty-five dollars to Lois Sorley.
(d) Bethel Theological Seminary Alumni Association Scholar-ship
of twenty-five dollars to Clayton Bolinder.
10. Concerto A Minor - - Grieg
Clarence Olson and Prof. Theodore Bergman at second piano
11. The Consecrated Hand
12. The Consecrated Head -
13. The Consecrated Heart -
- - - - Margaret Olson
Bible and Missionary Training
Muriel Johnson, Junior College
Francis B. Sorley, Seminary
14. Presentation of class gifts Senior class presidents
Leonard Turnquist, Ethel Sjoberg, Maurice Lawson
15. Landsighting -
- Beth
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el M
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ale Chorus
Barytone solo by Francis Sorley
16. Announcements and Benediction.
- Grieg
June, 1937 THE BETHEL CLARION Page Three
SEMINARY GRADUATES TO
ENTER FIELDS OF SERVICE
The Seminary graduates will be
scattered here, there, and every-where
from Canada to Kansas dur-ing
the coming year.
Leonard Turnquist, president of
the Senior class will be serving a
church in Kipling, Saskatschewan,
Canada; Donald Peterson will be
located at Lindsborg, Kansas; Don
Clover, at Barron, Wisconsin; Ev-erett
Backlin at Wood River—Falun,
Wisconsin; and Francis Sorley with
the State Convention. Miss Fern
Rold will be returning to the Mis-sion
Field in Assam, India this
coming fall. John Dikkers is as-suming
the pastorate at Stillwater,
Minnesota. John D. Lundberg is
going on a 10,000 mile tour through
the West as soon as school closes.
Donald Tanquist is undecided as to
what his plans will be.
Sylvia Danielson, Hazel Rossan-der,
and Ethel Sjoberg, graduates
of the Bible and Missionary Train-ing
class are going to teach Bible
School this summer. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank May will continue their work
at the Emmanuel Baptist church in
St. Paul. Pearl King plans to work
at Montgomery Ward's Retail Store.
COLLEGE GRADS PLAN
FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
As the school year draws to a
close, the college graduates are
making plans for next year. Some
of the students will be entering the
Seminary, some will attend the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, some, other
schools, and one is going to join
the ranks of matrimony. She is
Grace Forsberg, who will exchange
vows with Donald Peterson, a grad
uating senior of the Seminary.
The students who will be enter-ing
the Seminary are Paul Back-lin,
Folke Ferre, Maxwell Franzen,
Rodger Goodman, Florence Lind-strom,
Maurice Lawson, Ned Holm-gren,
Orville Johnson, and Andrew
Sinkiewicz. Nine students plan to
attend the University of Minnesota;
they are: La Vern Bjorklund, Ralph
Holman, Lillian Johnson, Muriel
Johnson, Martha Olson, Joel Strand-berg,
Robert Wingblade, Elmer John
and Paul Racer. Ruth Anderson and
Sophy Parfin will be making their
way to Wheaton College, Wheaton,
Illinois. Bruce Fleming plans to
attend the Superior State Teachers'
College, Superior, Wisconsin; Ann
Ferre and J. Egon Hadley will at-tend
Macalester College in St. Paul.
Mr. Hadley will assume the pastor-ate
of the Hayden Heights Baptist
Church after June 15.
Dean and Mrs. Karlson are Hosts
Dr. and Mrs. K. J. Karlson were
hosts at a reception in honor of the
graduating classes of the Seminary
and B. M. T. in their home Wed-nesday
evening, June 2.
Games were played under the
leadership of Miss Sabel, lunch was
served, and a period of fellowship
followed. The seniors related their
plans for the summer or the more
distant future. Some were counting
the hours remaining to them for the
enjoyment of "single blessedness.'
Dr. Arvid Gordh will serve the
Swedish Baptist church of New
York City during June and July.
One, Two, Three, Four, Five,
Six, Seven, Eight - - Years
If, in a pause for retrospect, you
should become inquisitive about the
history made at Bethel in the last
eight years, and your diary fails to
supply the desired data, stop a few
minutes and confer with Leonard
Turnquist. As a student in the
Academy, Junior College, and Sem-inary
he has had experience in al-most
every phase of school life.
He is therefore fully qualified to
quit school and be graduated.
Having served as a member of
the advisory board of the Boarding
Club, as well as steward, and as
business manager of the Clarion he
has undoubtedly met with the stern
realities of many economic princi-ples.
In case you ask for advice in
this realm don't forget to ask for
some household hints.
Are you struggling with executive
problems? You surely would profit
by listening to his accounts of how
he wielded the presidential sceptre
of three Academy classes, the Alexis
Society, and the Seminary senior
class. As a member of the Student
Council and the Religious Council
he has learned to deal with prob-lems
of student life.
"By the way, I took some sub-jects,
too", he remarked. "I spent
my spare time taking care of my
studies". In case you doubt this
look up his scholastic record. He
took first honors in the Academy,
second honors in the Junior Col-lege,
and now he is the salutatorian
of the Seminary graduating class.
One field where he has always
been found active is in practical
Christian work. As gospel team
leader he has reached many
churches and missions in the cities
and throughout the state. As pres-ident
of the Ministerial Students'
Association, Missionary Band, and
Student Volunteers he has extended
his interest across the waters. For
three summers he has served as stu-dent
pastor and labored as mission-ary
in Northern Minnesota.
Looking back over the eight years
Leonard says that there has been a
"tremendous improvement in the
quality of the students and in the
school life." Upon graduating he
will leave for Kipling, Saskatsche-wan,
Canada, to take up the pastor-ate
of the Highland Baptist church.
School Picnic Held on
Medicine Lake Grounds
The All-School picnic was held
at Medicine Lake on Wednesday,
May 19; class sessions closed for
the day after chapel.
The well-planned recreational
program of ball games, horseshoe
matches, croquet, and volley ball
provided activities for everyone.
An inspiring devotional bonfire-service
climaxed the outing; testi-monies
in appreciation of the Chris-tian
fellowship shared at Bethel
were given by students and faculty.
In chapel the following day the
student body unanimously expressed
their appreciation to the committee,
composed of Roger Goodman, chair-man;
Herbert Franck, Edward Nel-son,
Hope Widen, Prof. Adolf Olson
and Prof. E. G. Norstrom, for the
splendid, well-planned activities en-joyed
by everyone at the picnic.
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JUST BEFORE DAWN TODAY
Clop clop . . . Clop clop . . . Clop
clop clop clop . . . what a strange
sound . . . Clop clop .. Clop clop . .
Clop clop clop clop . . . I try to
shake it off . . . but it keeps getting
louder . . . Clop clop . . . Clop clop
. . . Clop clop clop clop . . . Now
it possesses my room . . . and I
awaken.
I arise, hurry to the window, and
raise the blind There is a "new-in-my-
experience" spectacle in the
street below, and it is some mo-ments
before I realize that I am
seeing cavalry passing . . . moving
just before dawn.
There is no sound but that sound
which now seems eternal . . . Clop
clop . . . Clop clop . . . Clop clop
clop clop. . . . There is no light but
that which shines from the lanterns
swinging on the caissons, and the
sparks as horeshoes strike upon the
pavement. For five or six minutes
they are passing by . . . sinister
shadows . . . but I know they are
mounted troops.
Clop clop . . . Clop clop . . .
horses . . . a caisson . . . a yellow
lantern . . . Clop clop clop clop . . .
more horses . . . another caisson .. .
another lantern . . . Clop clop . . .
Clop clop . . . still more horses
. . . sparks on the pavement . . .
Clop clop clop clop . . . A high-wheeled
covered wagon rolls by, and
they are gone.
But the pavement turns a pale
orange . . . it grows yellow . . .
then white . . . from the lights of
the long, low, dark coach which
quietly creeps by . . . In a white
panel on its side is the large red
cross . . . I am alone in the dark
again.
I saw cavalry moving just before
dawn today.
Baptist Leader Speaks
Before Student Group
Dr. Earle V. Pierce, newly elected
president of the Northern Baptist
Convention, delivered the message
of the final combined chapel pro-gram
of the school year Thurs-day,
June 3.
Centering his thoughts around the
affirmation of Paul "I am ready,"
Dr. Pierce gave three elements of
Paul's readiness which we must
have for success in life. First of all
was his Conversion. "Life begins
when we surrender to God," said
Dr. Pierce. "We are not saved from
sin until we are delivered from
self."
Paul's Culture enabled him to go
out and preach the gospel to the
Gentiles. In like manner it is im-portant
for us to do thoroughly
what we do. We should have
breadth as well as depth of culture.
Another element of Paul's readi-ness
was his Commission. "God
has a commission for everyone who
enters into his service," said Dr.
Pierce. "God has a place for you."
Prof. George Hultgren sang two
selections.
Prof. H. C. Wingblade has a very
full schedule for the summer. He
will be speaking at Institutes and
Y. P. Assemblies from Illinois to the
West Coast. In July he will speak
at the Swedish Baptist General, Con-ference
in Los Angeles.
Dr. Lockyer, of Liverpool Eng-land,
who has recently participated
in services at the Union Gospel
Mission, St. Paul, spoke at chapel
Tuesday, May 18. Centering his
thoughts around the Lord's inter-cessory
prayer, Dr. Lockyer dis-cussed
prayer, and methods of
prayer. "There should be as much
method in our prayers as in our
studies," he said. "We lose a great
deal in our prayer life because we
are too general."
Dr. Ostrom of M. B. I. Speaks
"Get shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace" was the
theme of a chapel address Wednes-day,
May 19, by Dr. Henry Ostrom
of Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.
Dr. Ostrom explained that in the
same manner as we wear shoes to
separate ourselves from the earth
so we should be shod with the gos-pel
of peace and become separated
from the things of the earth. "It
it a separation from a doomed world
for the Christian," he said.
Lewis, Youth Evangelist, Talks
Rev. Marvin Lewis, youth evan-gelist
from the South who, during
the earlier part of May, held special
meetings at the Tabernacle Baptist
church in Minneapolis, spoke at
chapel Tuesday, May 11. The sub-stance
of his talk was as follows:
"Ho"—everyone that thirsteth; "Go"
—tell everyone else the story;
"Lo"—I am with you always.
COLLEGE CLUB GROUP MEETS
The College Club held its final
meeting of the year Wednesday,
May 26, and featured a lecture by
Dr. K. J. Karlson. His subject
was Psycho-Therapy, that is Mental
Healing. Elmer John led the devo-tions.
The musical numbers in-cluded
a trumpet solo by Kermit
Johnson, a piano solo by Ruth Fre-dine,
and a vocal solo by Alice
Anderson.
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College Students Sponsor Children's
Clubs
During the winter and spring
months, Carolyn Nelson and Gladys
Peterson, students of the Junior
College, have been doing a bit of
missionary service in the form of a
Girl's Club which they, through
their own initiative, have conduct-ed.
Each Friday evening, a meeting
is held in the Seminary building at
which time a program is carried
out which is designed to both create
an active interest and provide prac-tical
Bible study. Each meeting is
preceded by a period of games and
recreation and then there follows
choruses, Bible study, and object
lessons in which salvation is stress-ed.
About fifteen girls attend these
meetings regularly.
John Bergeson, also of the college,
has been carrying out a similar
work among the boys of the com-munity.
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ONE AMONG MANY
A friend and I sat for almost two
hours in a waiting room of a large
department store in Minneapolis the
other day, and watched the people
come and go.
Outstanding among the impres-sions
received was that of a dear,
little, old lady who hobbled slowly
into the room. Her age must have
been close to eighty, for her skin
lay in tiny folds upon her face, and
she moved slowly and painfully to
the nearest chair. But her eyes were
sparkling and blue, and young, and
they darted around the room in
quick, little, bird-like glances. She
spoke to us, and we thought that we
had never heard a voice so wonder-fully
sweet. Then, chuckling softly
to herself, she took a ball of soft,
pink yarn from her bag, and began
to knit. As she knitted, she hummed
softly to herself "Lead Kindly
Light", while a sort of radiance
seemed to weave itself around her
little, bent form.
The silence was disturbed by the
entrance of a smartly dressed ma-tron
whose very presence shouted
"society". She rushed up to the
little old lady and spoke to her in
a cold, hard voice.
"Mother! How many times have
I told you not to sneak away by
yourself? I'm not going to stand for
it any longer. If you can't do what's
expected of you, I'll send you to
an old people's home. I won't have
you constantly humiliating me. Now,
put up that knitting, and come on".
The sparkle and the youth faded
from the little old lady's eyes as she
meekly followed her daughter's in-structions,
and she glanced at us
wistfully in passing and smiled a
sad, little smile.
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
2359 Territorial Road
10:00a.m., S. S. — 5:30p.m., Y. P.
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24th St. and 28th Ave. S.
Rev. Walfred Holmberg
Minneapolis, Minn.
Everybody Welcome
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A Prayer for Us
Lord, look down on youth today
With love and pity in thine eyes and see
Them brave, undaunted, throw away
The cross of Christ; they turn from thee.
They've tried to walk alone, and stumbling cried
Out to the world in vain. I know Thou art
The Way, the Truth, the Life. They need a guide;
The road is long—Lord, touch their hearts.
Lord, look down on me, I pray,
With love and pity in thine eyes for me
- Because I let the chances slip away,
When I could point a friend to Calvary.
Lord, would I had compassion like to Thine,
That every lost young soul become a part
Of me, that aches and burns until I lead
Them to the cross—Lord, touch my heart.
CAROLYN NELSON.
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page Five
THE SCOUT
Theses . . . exams . . . term papers
. . . and dandelions.
Caps and gowns . . . pictures . . .
commencement . . . and lawnmow-ers.
Baseball . . . tennis . . . horse-shoe
. . . and sunburn.
Picnics . . . parties . . . pow-wows
. . . and cramming.
Lilacs . . . canoeing . . . mosquitoes
. . . and weddings.
No more pencils . . . books . . .
hard-board bench . . . for June is
here again.
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The Glee Club of Mounds-Mid-way
Hospital and our Male Chorus
combined in a concert at Central
Church May 17. . . . The proceeds
were divided between the two or-ganizations
. . . the money is to be
used to establish scholarships, it is
said.
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A very happy idea it was the
seniors had when they decided upon
caps and gowns as their gift to the
school. . . . Seniors of many years
to come will be thankful for it. . . .
(By the way—we've really had a
chance to try out the gift of '36 by
now . . . we do appreciate that
walk!)
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The Student Council and Student
Volunteers got together and spon-sored
a special missionary giving
campaign May 3-15. . . . The money
will go to Miss Fern Rold's school
in Assam. . . . Plans are under way
to make something of this kind
annual . . . next year it may be a
Pre-Easter event.
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Summer Assemblies you'll want
to know something about:
American Baptist
Lake Esquamagua . . . Virginia.
July 5-12.
Dr. Dahlberg, Dr. Pierce, Esther
Ehnbom.
Swedish Baptist
Lake Geneva . . . Alexandria.
July 31-August 8.
Dr. Moyer, Marvin Samuelson,
William Tapper.
Northwestern Bible School
Medicine Lake . . . Minneapolis.
August 16-30.
Vance Havner, Dr. Pittingill, 0.
Van Steenberg from Belgium.
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"Spire" is a good choice of name
for the new annual . . . not only is
it suitable for this year, but it has
qualities which make it worthy of
becoming permanent.
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Two down . . . more to go. . . .
Francis Sorley and Marian Orr were
married at Fourth Baptist church,
Minneapolis, Friday evening, June
4. . . . The Seminary chapel was
the scene of the wedding of Donald
Clover and Margaret Lunstrom
Tuesday evening, June 7. . . .
There'll be another in Duluth June
20 and one in Portland, Ore.,
June 25.
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June, 1938, will be a big month
for Swedish-Americans—it marks
the three hundredth anniversary fo
the founding of the Swedish colony
at Wilmington, Deleware. . . . Dr.
Hagstrom has been appointed a
member of the Swedish Tercenten-ary
Commission by Governor Ben-son.
Those funny little cameras you
see around are part of a country
wide craze . . . candid cameras they
are called . . . and they're proving
to be quite a nuisance some places.
. . . Walk with circumspection this
summer, for it seems they are cap-able
of "shooting" one almost any-where
at just about any time.
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It looks as if there will be the
usual number of picture contests
this summer . . . Pioneer Press has
just announced one . . . Why not
enter a few of your good snap shots
. . . It's fun seeing them printed, and
the prize money comes in handy .. .
You don't have to be an expert to
win . . . but you do have to be
lucky.
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Those meat balls! . . . Those hot
biscuits! . . . Those apple pies! . . .
Those Sunday dinners! . . . Those
home made cookies! . . . Say!! . . .
I hope Mrs. Olson comes back!!! •
We're going to miss the fellows
who are leaving the dorm this year
. . . We've learned to listen for their
footsteps down the hall . . . to recog-nize
their peculiar calls and laughs
. . . and to expect from each a par-ticular
sort of "demonstration"
whenever an occasion might call it
forth . . . It's been fun going to
their rooms and in turn having
them "drop in" . . . sometimes to see
if there was a bite to eat . .. occa-sionally
to check up on an assign-ment
or borrow a book . .. but us-ually
just to chat . . . They won't
be here when we get back . . . Some-one
will take their places alright
. . . but we'll miss those fellows who
are leaving this year.
"Permissable Honor Seeking"
Is Baccalaureate Address
Rev. Eric J. Anderson's sermon
"Permissable Honor Seeking" con-stituted
the major portion of the
baccalaureate services held at Cen-tral
Baptist Church Sunday evening
June 6.
Using words of the Apostle Paul
as a basis of his talk, Rev. Ander-son
pointed out wherein the Bible
permits a person to seek honor for
himself. These words of Paul to
the Romans are but one of the three
instances in the New Testament
which quoted to show that such
honor seeking is permissable.
Besides Rev. Anderson's message
there was a varied program of mu-sical
numbers by the Central
Church Choir, and Herbert Franck
and John Valine who sang two
duets. Dean Emery Johnson read
Scripture and Dr. K. J. Karlson
led in the opening prayer. Dr. G.
Arvid Hagstrom presided over the
services.
PIERRE TANGENT TO
HEAD BOARDING CLUB
Boarding club members re-elect-ed
Pierre Tangent steward of the
club for next year at an election
held Saturday, June 5. In the capac-ity
of steward Pierre will super-vise
the buying of supplies, the
activities in the kitchen, and will
travel among Minnesota Baptist
churches collecting donations of
foodstuffs during the fall months.
Due to efficient management and
the liberal contributions of food
from the Baptist churches of Min-nesota,
the clubs finances have been
good making it possible to give the
members of the club free meals for
two weeks.
At present the cook, Mrs. Raier
Olson of Karlstad, Minnesota, and
five assistants are working in the
kitchen preparing the food for the
sixty-five members of the club.
Directors of the boarding club,
who are elected for one year by the
group are Clifford Dickau, John
Bergeson, Carl Holmberg, and Har-old
Wilson with Dean K. J. Karlson
serving as faculty adviser.
Lundberg Names Annual
One dollar and a copy of The
Spire goes to John D. Lundberg
for having submitted the name
which in the opinion of the judges
is most suitable for Bethel's an-nual.
In commenting on his choice
Mr. Lundberg said that it . . .
"came while I was observing the in-spiring
beauty of the church spires
of the Twin Cities. A spire has
considerable meaning; it means dig-nity
. . . knowledge . . . strength
. . . worship . . . "
Get Your Copy of
"THE SPIRE °,
Bethel's First Annual Since 1932
Published by Clarion Staff
Only a limited number left
50c each
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opportunity of taking training
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High school education, sound
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Applications for the next term are
now being considered and should be
made to the Director of the MOUNDS..
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Page Six THE BETHEL CLARION June, 1937
ALUMNI NEWS BY STAN
Hollis Johnson '28, together with
his Macalaster College Band, is pre-senting
a series of spring concerts
in the Twin Cities.
Marion Ruth Peterson was born
to Jeanette and E. G. Peterson on
May 26. We were asked to add her
to the list of future Bethelites.
Victor Sherling, '34 was ordained
into the Gospel ministry at the First
Swedish Baptist church, Minneapo-lis.
He is now the pastor of the
First Baptist church of Jamestown,
N. D.
Lois Magnuson was married to
Gilbert Falk on Saturday, June 5.
Virgil Olson, '34 completes his
Junior year at Macalaster College
this spring. During the summer he
is to serve as student pastor of
the Sandy Lake Baptist church at
Barnum, Minnesota.
Norma Newstrom, '35, on a recent
visit to Bethel informed us that
this summer she expects to teach
Bible School at Hillman and Belle
Plaine, Minnesota, and possibly in
places in Wisconsin and Nebraska.
George Bauer, '34 has been trans-ferred
by the Dunn and Bradstreet,
Inc., from his position in North and
South Dakota to a position with
that firm in Minneapolis. Recently
he was married to Ruth Nordgren.
May Halstenrud, '32, writes to Miss
Larson of the recent fire which
ruined their orphanage in Alaska
where she is working together with
Hannah Wiggman, '32. She lost
everything that she owned, even the
money she had in her purse. The
Red Cross lent a helping hand and
supplied necessary items; the chil-dren
all sleep on the floors of near
by buildings.
Emily Satterberg, '21, writes from
her field in Belgian Congo that "it
is good to get the Clarion, it is
just like a letter from home; thanks
to whoever is sending it." She ex-pects
to return home next May after
a period of delightful service in the
foreign field. Also she writes "I feel
much happiness because I see the
fruit of our work all around us."
Marie Wistrand, '19, working in
China under the Scandinavian Mis-sionary
Alliance said in chapel that
every time she thinks of Bethel and
what the students get here she gets
a thrill. She also told of some of the
hardships she endured during her
eleven years as missionary in cen-tral
China.
An Alumni Dinner was held at
the Northern Baptist convention in
Philadelphia on May 21; the follow-ing
were present: Dr. G. Arvid Hag-strom,
Rev. R. E. Nelson, Rev. E. A.
Finstrom, Rev. and Mrs. H. W.
Malmsten, all of the Twin Cities;
L. H. Peterson, Clarks Grove, Min-nesota;
Rev. Henry F. Widen, Minot,
N. D.; Lloyd Lenning, Bonesteel,
S. D.; Mrs. Ola Hanson, Burma;
Rev. Walfred Danielson, New York
City; Rev. I. Cedric Peterson, Chi-cago;
Rev. and Mrs. Roger Wick-strand,
India; Astrid Peterson, Sui-fu,
West China; Esther Ehnbom,
Belgian Congo, Africa; Elam Ander-son,
McMinnville, Oregon; and Rev.
C. Ivar Peterson, New Lisbon, Wis.
Aleda Nelson, '30, became the
bride of Mr. Arvid Swanson, a Chi-cago
engineer on April the fourth.
They are making their home in
Chicago.
H UMOR
OPE
Hazel. Why does Harold W. al-ways
return your manuscript?
Clayton. I have no idea.
Hazel. Ah—that explains it.
Mr. Johnson. When do leaves be-gin
to turn?
Valine. The night before exam-inations.
Rev. H. And what is your child's
name?
Mrs. X. Shirley.
Rev. H. Shirley?
Mrs. X. Yes, sir. Shirley, after
the famous Shirley Temple.
Rev. H. Yes, yes, of course. Let's
see, who is the preacher there now.
Pinkey came to class late again.
Prof. You should have been here
20 minutes ago.
Pinky. Why? What happened?
Oliva mopped her plate with her
bread.
Max. Do you think that's etticut?
Oliva. No, gravy. . . .
Being college bred is sometimes
only a stale loaf.
"It's the little things in life that
tell," said Charlotte as she pulled
her little brother from under the
davenport.
Maurice. I want The Life of
Ceasar.
Muriel. Sorry but Brutus beat
you to it.
They are going to change Como
park to Como orchard because there
are so many "pears" under the
trees .
A man had a "scrap" with his
wife and sent for a doctor to treat
his face, which was badly scarred
and scratched from the woman's
nails. After treating the husband,
the doctor turned to the wife.
"I'd think, madame, that you'd
be ashamed to treat your husband
so—he is the head of the family."
"Doctor," said the woman, "hasn't
a woman got a right to scratch her
own head?"
Dickau. One thing that bothers
us is why a speed cop, after winning
a swell race, always seems so mad
about it.
Snelling - Como Garage
Texaco Oil Station
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Herbert. What's worse than rain-ing
cats and dogs?
Clarence. I don't know unless it's
hailing street cars.
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: ATHLETICS :
BETHEL GAINS SECOND
CONFERENCE VICTORY
Rallying for 2 runs in the 9th
inning, Bethel's Baseball Team
edged out Dr. Martin Luther Col-lege
of New Ulm by a 5-3 count in
the game played Thursday, May 27,
at New Ulm. This was the second
conference victory of the year for
the Red and White.
Bethel scored twice in the 1st on
two hits, two walks and an error,
and then added another run in the
first of the 3rd. Dr. Martin Luther
came back with 3 runs in its half
of the 3rd and then the teams
battled without a score until Bethel
put on its winning rally in the 9th.
The victory was a well deserved
one for Peiper who twirled a beau-tiful
game for the winners, allow-ing
only six hits and never being
in trouble except for the 3rd inning.
The Box Score R. H. E.
Bethel 5 9 5
Dr. Martin Luther 3 6 4
Mankato College Team
Smashes Bethel Twice
Bethany Junior College of Man-kato
buried the Bethel Nine 22-3
in the baseball game played be-tween
the two teams Friday, May
28 at Mankato.
Bethany's hard hitting team
prved t be far too good for Bethel.
Wretched fielding helped swell the
Home Team's score, the visitors
kicking in with no less than 10
errors.
Heitner again showed the way to
his club by hitting safely 3 times.
Appelquist, with a single and a
triple, drove in all of his team's
runs.
The Box Score R. H. E.
Bethel 3 5 10
Bethany 22 15 1
Bethany Defeats Bethel Again
Making every hit count, Bethany
Junior College of Mankato defeated
Bethel by an 18-12 score in the game
played at Bethel Friday, May 14.
Coach Johnson's gang pulled away
to an early 3-1 lead but this lead
was short-lived as the visitors went
out in front in the 3rd with a cluster
of 4 runs.
Heitner of Bethany, with 4 hits,
led his team's attack. Tanquist,
with three singles, provided the
main punch for Bethel.
The Box Score R. H. E.
Bethany 18 18 3
Bethel 12 10 4
Bethel Loses Final Game
Bethel's baseball team was buried
for the second time within a week
by a lopsided margin when it wound
up its 1937 season Thursday, June
1, against Concordia Junior College
of St. Paul. The game, played at
Bethel, ended in a 20-2 score.
Paced by their short-stop Natcht-sheim
who had a field day at bat
with six hits out of six trips to the
plate, Concordia had an easy time
winning. Pieper's home-run with
one aboard averted a shut-out for
Bethel.
The Box Score R. H. E.
Concordia 20 15 3
Bethel 2 5 6
RESUME OF SEASON
Weak in the catching department
and in hitting, Coach "Bucky"
Johnson's baseball team finished
its season June 1st with a record
of only two games won out of
seven.
At the beginning of the season
things looked very promising but
then the team was almost wrecked
by the ineligibility of several play-ers.
One of these was the regular
catcher and the other a pitcher and
star hitter. Had these two men been
able to play, there is no doubt but
that "Bucky's" outfit would have
done much better.
Tanquist, who played center-field,
led the team this year in batting
with an average of .466 which is
good in any man's league. The
batting average for the whole team
was .222 and this speaks volumes.
Tennis Team in Tie for Second
Place in Junior College League
Tie for second place with Bethany
in the Conference standing is the
record of this year's Bethel tennis
combination, composed of Bob Wing-blade,
Herb Franck, Joel Strand-berg,
and Ned Holmgren. Concordia
gave Bethel her only defeats of the
year by scores of 5-1, 3-1. Waldorf
was no match for Bethel as Bethel
won decisively 6-0. Herbert Franck
twih six victory points led the team
in scoring.
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To Learn To Play
Piano and Organ
Prof. Theodore Bergman, Instructor
1480 N. SNELLING AVE., ST. PAUL
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BETHEL JUNIOR COLLEGE
Provides Foundation Courses in
LIBERAL ARTS, PRE-SEMINARY, PRE-NURSING
OTHER PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Is Fully
ACCREDITED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Is a Member of the
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR COLLEGES
Special Courses in Preparation for Christian Lay Leadership
BEGINS THE FALL TERM, SEPTEMBER 13, 1937
Bethel Theological Seminary is a Baptist school which stands for
historic Baptist principles in regard to the Word of God, evangel-ism,
and church polity. For sixty-six years it has prepared men
and women for the gospel ministry at home and abroad.
With a strong emphasis on spiritual experience and insight, un-divided
devotion to the cause of Christ, as well as scholastic attain-ment,
the school offers to serious-minded men and women, who
have heeded the Master's call, unexcelled opportunities for prepara-tion
for their life work.
For catalog and further information address:
BETHEL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
1492 North Snelling Avenue
St. Paul, Minn.

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Francis
Sorley
Muriel
Johnson
71'44
Sophy
Parfin
Margaret
Olson
THE BETHEL CLARION
Vol. XVI, No. 12 BETHEL INSTITUTE, ST. PAUL, MINN. June, 1937
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
TO BE HELD FRIDAY, JUNE 11
FOUR STUDENTS
RECEIVE HONORS
IN SCHOLARSHIP
Are Active in Extra
Curricular Affairs
To three girls and one boy go the
highest honors in the 1937 gradu-ating
classes, according to a recent
announcement by the administra-tion.
Miss Muriel Johnson and Miss
Sophy Parfin are the high point
scholastic students of the Junior
College, while Miss Margaret Olson,
B. M. T., and Mr. Francis Sorley,
Seminary, received similar ratings
in their departments. These four
students have received the highest
standings in their classes by earn-ing
a greater number of honor
points with consistently high grades
than the other members of the
classes.
Besides winning acclaim in schol-arship
all four students have been
active in extra curricular activities
during their years at Bethel. Miss
Johnson played a leading role in
the 1937 Sophomore Class play,
"Reliving Plymouth," was a so-prano
in both the Girls' Glee Club
and the A cappella Choir, and dur-ing
her second year was a member
of the student council, the relig-ious
council, and the boarding club
advisory board. Miss Parfin won
this year's championship in girls'
ping pong, sang in the Girls' Glee
Club and A cappella Choir, played
on the girls' basket ball team, and
was a member of the Clarion staff
last year.
In the B. M. T., Miss Olson was
vice president of the senior class
and has been a member of the
Student Volunteers for three years.
Mr. Sorley was vice president of the
Seminary graduating class, and the
religious council.
College Group Plans to
Give Concerts in West
The Bethel Male Trio composed
of Ned Holmgren, John Valine and
Herbert Franck, together with Dean
Emery Johnson will spend the sum-mer
giving concerts in at least thir-teen
Western states. The tour will
begin with a concert at Arthur,
Iowa, June 16. They will not be
home until August 25. They plan
to give a concert every evening un-til
they reach Denver, with three
concerts on the first Sunday. Be-tween
thirty-five and forty con-certs
are already lined up.
They intend to visit such points
of interest as the Grand Canyon,
Painted Desert, Yosemite National
Park, and Yellowstone National
Park. They hope to see the new
San Francisco Bay Bridge and pos-sibly
cross it.
But the highlight will be their
singing at the Swedish Baptist Gen-eral
Conference which will con-vene
at Los Angeles, July 7-13.
Rev. Peter MacFarlane
Speaks to Alumni Group
Members of the graduating classes
were guests at the Bethel Alumni
banquet held at the Minnesota
Union, June 9. Rev. Peter Mac-
Farlane of the Union Gospel
Mission, St. Paul was the speaker.
The banquet was sponsored by
the Bethel Alumni Association. Dr.
C. R. Wall, president of the Asso-ciation,
acted as toastmaster. Dr.
G. Arvid Hagstrom introduced the
graduating classes and their presi-dents
responded. They were Leon-ard
Turnquist of the Seminary,
Ethel Sjoberg of the Bible Mission-ary
Training Department, a n d
Maurice Lawson of the Junior Col-lege.
An instrumental trio by three
fourteen year old accordion players
made the program more interesting.
The trio was made up of Marion
Nelson, Mildred Olund, and Robert
Ackermark, all of Minneapolis.
Hultgren and Olson Begin
Concert Series in Michigan
Prof. George Hultgren and Clar-ence
Olson began a series of con-certs
Friday, June 4, when they
appeared together at the Swedish
Mission church of Iron Mountain,
Michigan.
A full recital was given in which
Prof. Hultgren sang a variety of
numbers ranging from grand opera
to Swedish folk songs. Mr. Olson
played two groups of piano selec-tions.
This opens a series of concerts
which will be continued in the East
next fall.
COLLEGE DEAN GIVES
PLANS OF NEW COURSES
"I believe in the future of Bethel.
I would not have taken the job as
Dean if I didn't," stated Mr. John-son
who will soon have completed
his first year as Dean of Bethel
Junior College. "I see no reason
why Bethel cannot become a school
comparable in size to schools of any
denomination."
Mr. Johnson stated that his con-tacts
with Bethel students have
been of great benefit to him spiritu-ally.
He said, "I expected it to be
superior, but not to the extent that
it has proved itself to be. I confess
I was a bit surprised to find such
a high spiritual plane."
According to Mr. Johnson, Bethel
students are average or better as far
as intelligence is concerned.
Plan New Courses For Next Year
Plans for next year include
courses in religious education, Bible,
science, and economics. "We hope
in this way to strengthen our aca-demic
departments," Mr. Johnson
said. Concerning the new degree of
Associate of Religious Education
that will be given, he said, "Bethel
will be one of the very few schools
offering enough Bible and religious
education subjects for such a title."
In addition to this, the admin-istration
is planning several special
series of chapel services for the
spiritual benefit of the students. "I
honestly believe that the spirit that
has prevailed this year will con-tinue
with us and also grow," he
said.
Mr. Johnson concluded with a re-quest
for the cooperation of all
Bethelites: "I hope that the stu-dents,
the alumni, and the friends
of Bethel will support Bethel more
whole-heartedly than ever before,
because of the fact that there is a
real need for a genuine Christian
College which offers accredited col-lege
work.
CLAYTON BOLINDER IS
ALEXIS SOCIETY HEAD
Ministerial and Seminary students
elected Clayton Bolinder president
of the Alexis society in a recent
ballot. Mr. Bolinder, a Seminary
Middleman, served as vice-president
of the same group the first semes-ter
of the present school year.
Serving with him will be Har-old
Wilson, vice-president; Florence
Lindstrom, secretary; Maurice
Wessman, treasurer; Gordon An-derson,
refreshment chairman; Ned
Lawson, social chairman; Ned
Holmgren, pianist; ushers, Paul
Backlin, Rodger Goodman, and Or-ville
Johnson; Dr. G. A. Hagstrom,
critic.
Rev. E. T. Dahlberg Speaks
On "The Demonstrable Christ"
Rev. Edwin T. Dahlberg of the
First Baptist church, St. Paul, will
address the graduates of the Junior
College the Seminary, and the
Bible Missionary Training Depart-ment
at the commencement exer-cises
Friday, June 11, at the First
Swedish Baptist church, Minneapo-lis.
In addition to Rev. Dahlberg's
address, "The Demonstrable Christ,"
the program will include numbers
by the a Capella Choir, the Male
Chorus, the Girl's Trio, and a two
piano duet by Ruth Fredine and
Prof. Theodore Bergman.
The graduates of the Seminary
are: Everett E. Backlin, B.D., Hil-ding
Lind, B.D., Francis Sorley,
B.D., Donald A. Clover, Th. B.,
Donald G. Peterson, Th. B., Fern
Rold, Th. G., John D. Lundberg,
Th. B., Donald Tanquist, Th. B.,
Leonard Turnquist, Th. B., and John
Dikkers, Th. B.
The Junior College graduates are:
Ruth Anderson, LaVern Bjorklund,
Ann Ferre, S. Bruce Fleming, Maur-ice
Lawson, Sophy Parfin, Paul V.
Backlin, Grace Forsberg, Folke
Ferre, Maxwell Franzen, Ned H.
Holmgren, Elmer John, Lillian
Johnson, Florence Lindstrom, Mar-tha
Olson, Joel Strandberg, Robert
Wingblade, Paul Racer, Andrew
Sinkiewicz, J. Egon Hadley, Ed-ward
Nelson, and Raymond Olson.
Last Class of B. M. T. Graduates
The following will graduate from
the Bible Missionary Training De-partment:
Violette Anderson, Sylvia
Danielson, Frank May, Mrs. AdelI
May, Margaret Olson, Pearl King,
Hazel Rossander, Ethel Sjoberg, and
Signe Backlund.
Six students will receive certifi-cates
for having completed the one
year Christian Worker's Course.
They are: Charlotte Ahlstrom, Lois
Carlson, Marjorie Carlson, Wilma
Hartley, Evelyn Holm, and Hanna
Omark.
EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS
STAFFS FILLED IN ELECTION
The editorial staff for the Clarion
apparently will be unchanged next
year, for the editor and his asso-ciate
were re-elected on the stu-dent
ballot last Thursday morning.
Bruce Fleming, the present busi-ness
manager, was also re-elected.
Everett Johnson was chosen to be
his assistant and the two will have
charge of all business including the
advertising.
Page Two THE BETHEL CLARION June, 1937
THE BETHEL CLARION
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Official School Paper of Bethel Institute. Published by the stu-dents
every month except July, August and September.
One Dollar a Year
EDITORIAL STAFF
Harold Wilson Editor
Ralph Johnson Associate Editor
Everett Johnson News Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
S. Bruce Fleming Business Manager
Ruth Lawson Circulation Manager
Vivyonne Ekstrum Ass't. Circulation Manager
Joel Strandberg Advertising Manager
Ralph Holman Asst. Adv. Manager
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS ISSUE
Alrick Blomquist Donald Peterson
Hilding Lind Florence Lindstrom
Maurice Wessman Samuel Schultz
Luetta Schmidt Hope Widen
Isaac Rahn John Bergeson
Phyllis Bohne Carl Lundquist
Stanley Rendahl Raymon Martin
ADVISERS
Miss Effie Nelson Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935 at the post-office
at St. Paul, Minnesota under the act of March 3, 1879.
Student Council Head Speaks
The year is over! ! ! In looking back over all the
activities of the Student Council, I hope we have not
failed in our greatest aim; namely, to leave the stu-dent
body a Council which would deserve the con-fidence
and sincere support of every student. We
have tried to be primarily a "channel of com-munication"
between the students and the faculty,
rather than between the faculty and the students,
and we hope that we have at least partially suc-ceeded.
Feeling that the student spirit of Bethel has
changed as the age medium has lowered in both
the Junior College and Seminary, we have en-deavored
to catch and represent the present spirit.
It was this present spirit that we tried to express
at the Homecoming program last fall with a lighter,
more entertaining program, blending together the
light and the serious, as we felt Christian students
should be able to do.
It was to meet the desire for freer and more spon-taneous
worship that we suggested a change in
chapel singing. It was to satisfy the evident longing
for a deeper walk with Christ, that we followed the
Lord's guidance in securing Dr. Legters, whose mes-sages
were so clear and powerful.
It was in appreciation of the view that Christian
young people should be well-informed on major non-religious
subjects that we planned the Fireside Fel-lowship
Forum with its predominating educational
tones. Besides these, the all-school skating party,
more combined chapel services, wider selection of
chapel speakers, and numerous smaller changes and
recommendations to the faculty were decided upon
in response to suggestions of the students. We thank
those students who did respond to our invitation to
offer their suggestions and helpful criticisms, thus
enabling us to be that "channel of communication"
to the faculty which we hoped to be.
Wilbur S. Sorley.
A Word From the Dean
The other day I met an old classmate of mine from
grade-school days, a friend whom I had not seen for
eighteen years. We exchanged what information we
had regarding the other members of the class. The
where-abouts of the majority were unknown to us.
Those whom we were able to recall and with whom
we were acquainted as to lot and location were few
in number. Among these few were an officer in the
navy, a high school instructor, a member of the
staff of one of the larger radio stations, a physician,
a dispenser of liquor behind a bar, and several
others.
A startling revelation was the fact that one of the
most promising of the boys in the field of writing
had not progressed whatsoever in his line. Another
of the boys was being sued for a handsome sum be-cause
he was involved in a fracas. Two of the mem-bers
of the class had met accidental deaths. As a
whole, we were able to determine that of those we
knew, the majority were law-abiding citizens, capa-ble
of earning their own livelihood and doing it.
There were no outstanding personages among them.
Yet success is not measured by popular acclaim, but
by service and sincerity. It was disappointing to hear
of the failures among the old classmates. How
different the story could have been for these had
they elected the way of the four-fold life.
The chat that this old friend and I had the other
day compelled me to wonder about the unknown
ones. What were they doing? How is it with their
several abilities? Are they respectable citizens? Did
they succeed or did they fail? I realized that some
of them were thinking the same about my friend
and me. They have not seen us for years. If they
did meet us what could they report to those they
meet? I wondered, and then I realized that I have
not finished an iota of the tasks which I should have
assumed. Could they report that I have "run the
race which was set before me?" I shall "think on
these things."
Emery A. Johnson.
Another Book Worth Reading
Among the books leading in sales as listed by
"Books" we notice that In the Footsteps of Saint
Paul is still prominent. This is one of the most hope-ful
signs in the current reading market.
In the Footsteps of Saint Paul by H. V. Morton is
a non-controversial book by an Englishman who de-cides
to traverse the same course that Saint Paul
took on his missionary voyages and see what "the
ravages of Time" are. A trip like this takes him
along the shores of Asia Minor, to Greece, to Pales-tine,
to the seat of authority in the ancient Roman
Empire. His trip is an interesting commentary on
"progress". Where the Roman government had built
cities and laid out roads there are ruins. Lizards
crawl among the remains of once populous cities and
the sea licks at the base of ports of past splender.
Where the cultured Greek carefully taught disciples
in Asia Minor there are now bawling beggars. Gov-ernmental
corruption has destroyed the last remains
of ancient Roman justice. Buried and uncovered
debris testify to "Great was Diana of the Ephesians."
Even the religion that Paul preached has seen
change since Paul travelled. The gospel that he
preached has been reintroduced again and meets
more opposition now than it did then. Fortunately,
the gospel is not limited by geography.
The book is interesting, suggestive, and non-con-troversial.
From the Moody Monthly to the London
Times its praise has been sung.
Hilding Lind.
Devotions
"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask
amiss." James 4:3.
Very definitely James asserts that we do not
receive or realize greater results in our work
for Christ because we fail to meet certain re-quirements.
We ask amiss, he says. In his
first chapter he also mentions that we lack
patience and that we should strive more earn-estly
for it.
We should expect great things from God.
Why fail in results? We fail because we are not
willing to wait for God's plans to materialize.
We lack patience. Jacob was forced to run
away from his home, never to see his mother's
face again, simply because he was not willing
to wait for God's plans to work out. Think of
the many bitter disappointments he could have
avoided had he waited. If we could but learn
the secret of patience we would never fail in
the results that God has promised to "all who
wait on the Lord."
Patience teaches how to ask. If we do not
ask amiss we shall receive. May the trails or
temptations we have this coming year teach
us patience to accomplish those things we ac-tually
want to do. J. R. Dikkers.
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MARK TYME
"Published by the Students of
Bethel Institute"
The Clarion is the official voice
of the student body at Bethel. The
school administration is willing to
have it so. The only restriction is
the common sense of the editors and
a part donation by the school. We
therefore have liberty to put out
just the kind of a publication that
we want. At least, that is theoreti-cally
true.
Unfortunately the Clarion lends
itself too readily to school pub-licity
purposes. To some of the
alumni and some other friends we
send our paper and it is almost in-evitable
that to send out a rosy
picture of school life and thought
becomes a paramount importance.
We do not find in our periodical
a place for airing of dissenting
views. As the publishers of the
paper we have a right to determine
its policy and use it for our own
growth. If the administration uses
the paper for publicity purposes
the editors should receive salary
for promotional work.
It would be much better if a
separate quarterly were put out by
the administration that would have
publicity for its purpose. This
could contain alumni news. Of
course, there would be the same
problem there but that the alumni
would have to cope with that.
Incidently, I think that the opin-ions
of the alumni should find ar-ticulation
somewhere. They would
be better supporters then. To think
that by not heeding criticism, not
allowing it to be heard is safer
for progress for the school is a
short sighted view. But that is for
the alumni!
Whatever the fundamental reason,
the Clarion is open to attack from
several directions. The students
have perhaps shoved too much over
on the editor and the paper is pub-lished
by the Clarion editor helped
by an assistant, and a few features
`dragged' out of some unwilling re-porters.
There is no real compe-tition
to get on the staff because
there are too few to be competing
for places. Indifference and care-lessness
makes the editor's hair
gray (or he loses it).
Then there is the matter of style.
We have in the name of journalism
sentences whose length would make
Macaulay turn around several times
in his grave for sheer envy. We
also find it necessary in news ar-ticles
to editorialize just a little.
Or long lists of names. . . .
We need some bright girls for
proof readers. My face has no doubt
become white several times this
year as I perceived my fearful and
wonderful sentence construction.
But mine wasn't alone. The editors
simply cannot do everything.
We need straight-from-the-shoul-der
criticism (not sermons). We
need something more vital than
unanimity of triteness in opinion.
We have the right, why not use it?
And why moralize when we could
be a little more honest. Not just
criticism either, but also ideas.
A. H. L.
CLASS DAY AT BETHEL INSTITUTE
Thursday, June 10, 1937
Program at 10:00 A. M.
1. Processional—Pomp and Circumstance - - - Elgar
Clarence Olson
2. Hymn No. 210—Lead on, 0 King Eternal.
3. Devotions - - - - - Wilma Hartley
4. Thanks Be to God - - - - - - - Dickson
Bethel Male Chorus
5. Words of Welcome - - President G. Arvid Hagstrom
6. Concerto G Minor (Second movement) - Saint Saens
Ruth Fredine and Prof. Theodore Bergman at second piano
7. Presentation of Awards for Student Activities:
(a) Athletics -
-
Presented by Coach R. H. Johnson
Minor letters fo
-
r Tennis to Herbert Franck, Joel Strand-berg,
Robert Wingblade, Ned Holmgren.
Minor letters for Basketball to Alrik Blomquist, Rudolph
Gustafson, Warren Eklund, Herbert Franck, Carl Holm-berg,
Orville Johnson, Raymond Olson, Charles Persons,
Robert Persons, Donald Tanquist.
Major letters for Basketball to Raynold Appelquist, Gordon
Anderson, Everett Backlin, John Bergeson (Manager),
Gustave Ferre, Ned Holmgren, Ernest Pieper, Stanley
Rendahl, Floyd Richert, Wilbur Sorley, Robert Wingblade.
Sweaters to Carl Holmberg, Stanley Rendahl, Donald Tan-quist.
Letters for Baseball to Raynold Appelquist, Alrik Blom-quist,
Clifford Dickau, Warren Eklund, Gustave Ferre,
Rudolph Gustafson, Carl Holmberg, Orville Johnson,
Charles Persons, Ernest Pieper, Stanley Rendahl, and
Donald Tanquist.
(b) Forensics -
-
Presented by Elmer John
Bronze charms to
-
Car
-
l Lundquist (debate) and Martha
Olson (declamatory).
Silver charms to Edward Nelson (debate) and Rodger
Goodman (oratory).
Presentation of silver oratory trophy by Rodger Goodman.
(c) Clarion Staff - Presented by Everett Backlin
Bronze charms to R
-
alph Johnson, Associate Editor; Joel
Strandberg, Advertising Manager; and Ruth Lawson Cir-culation
Manager.
Gold charm to Harold Wilson, editor-in-chief; and Bruce
Fleming, Business Manager.
Special awards—Bound copies of The Bethel Clarion to
Clayton Bolinder, Sports Editor, and Stanley Rendahl,
Alumni Editor.
Gold charm to Hilding Lind.
(d) Music
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Presented by Aymond Anderson
Bronze char
-
ms to
-
Folke Ferre, Maxwell Franzen, Rodger
Goodman, Carl Holmgren, Ned Holmgren, Elmer John,
Orville Johnson, Maurice Lawson, Raymond Martin, Ray-mond
Olson, Paul Racer, Henry Rahn, Francis Sorley,
Robert Wingblade.
8. Praise to the Lord - -
A Capella Chorus
- Christiansen
9. Awarding of prizes and scholarships:
(a) Excelsior in Literis Public Speaking prizes, given by the
Excelsior in Literis Society.
First prize, Clifford Dickau. Second prize, Edward Nelson.
(b) Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memoriam, by
Harold L. Kerfoot, son of Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot,
fifty dollars, to Luetta Schmidt.
(c) Bethel Theological Seminary Alumni Association Scholar-ship
of thirty-five dollars to Lois Sorley.
(d) Bethel Theological Seminary Alumni Association Scholar-ship
of twenty-five dollars to Clayton Bolinder.
10. Concerto A Minor - - Grieg
Clarence Olson and Prof. Theodore Bergman at second piano
11. The Consecrated Hand
12. The Consecrated Head -
13. The Consecrated Heart -
- - - - Margaret Olson
Bible and Missionary Training
Muriel Johnson, Junior College
Francis B. Sorley, Seminary
14. Presentation of class gifts Senior class presidents
Leonard Turnquist, Ethel Sjoberg, Maurice Lawson
15. Landsighting -
- Beth
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el M
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ale Chorus
Barytone solo by Francis Sorley
16. Announcements and Benediction.
- Grieg
June, 1937 THE BETHEL CLARION Page Three
SEMINARY GRADUATES TO
ENTER FIELDS OF SERVICE
The Seminary graduates will be
scattered here, there, and every-where
from Canada to Kansas dur-ing
the coming year.
Leonard Turnquist, president of
the Senior class will be serving a
church in Kipling, Saskatschewan,
Canada; Donald Peterson will be
located at Lindsborg, Kansas; Don
Clover, at Barron, Wisconsin; Ev-erett
Backlin at Wood River—Falun,
Wisconsin; and Francis Sorley with
the State Convention. Miss Fern
Rold will be returning to the Mis-sion
Field in Assam, India this
coming fall. John Dikkers is as-suming
the pastorate at Stillwater,
Minnesota. John D. Lundberg is
going on a 10,000 mile tour through
the West as soon as school closes.
Donald Tanquist is undecided as to
what his plans will be.
Sylvia Danielson, Hazel Rossan-der,
and Ethel Sjoberg, graduates
of the Bible and Missionary Train-ing
class are going to teach Bible
School this summer. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank May will continue their work
at the Emmanuel Baptist church in
St. Paul. Pearl King plans to work
at Montgomery Ward's Retail Store.
COLLEGE GRADS PLAN
FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
As the school year draws to a
close, the college graduates are
making plans for next year. Some
of the students will be entering the
Seminary, some will attend the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, some, other
schools, and one is going to join
the ranks of matrimony. She is
Grace Forsberg, who will exchange
vows with Donald Peterson, a grad
uating senior of the Seminary.
The students who will be enter-ing
the Seminary are Paul Back-lin,
Folke Ferre, Maxwell Franzen,
Rodger Goodman, Florence Lind-strom,
Maurice Lawson, Ned Holm-gren,
Orville Johnson, and Andrew
Sinkiewicz. Nine students plan to
attend the University of Minnesota;
they are: La Vern Bjorklund, Ralph
Holman, Lillian Johnson, Muriel
Johnson, Martha Olson, Joel Strand-berg,
Robert Wingblade, Elmer John
and Paul Racer. Ruth Anderson and
Sophy Parfin will be making their
way to Wheaton College, Wheaton,
Illinois. Bruce Fleming plans to
attend the Superior State Teachers'
College, Superior, Wisconsin; Ann
Ferre and J. Egon Hadley will at-tend
Macalester College in St. Paul.
Mr. Hadley will assume the pastor-ate
of the Hayden Heights Baptist
Church after June 15.
Dean and Mrs. Karlson are Hosts
Dr. and Mrs. K. J. Karlson were
hosts at a reception in honor of the
graduating classes of the Seminary
and B. M. T. in their home Wed-nesday
evening, June 2.
Games were played under the
leadership of Miss Sabel, lunch was
served, and a period of fellowship
followed. The seniors related their
plans for the summer or the more
distant future. Some were counting
the hours remaining to them for the
enjoyment of "single blessedness.'
Dr. Arvid Gordh will serve the
Swedish Baptist church of New
York City during June and July.
One, Two, Three, Four, Five,
Six, Seven, Eight - - Years
If, in a pause for retrospect, you
should become inquisitive about the
history made at Bethel in the last
eight years, and your diary fails to
supply the desired data, stop a few
minutes and confer with Leonard
Turnquist. As a student in the
Academy, Junior College, and Sem-inary
he has had experience in al-most
every phase of school life.
He is therefore fully qualified to
quit school and be graduated.
Having served as a member of
the advisory board of the Boarding
Club, as well as steward, and as
business manager of the Clarion he
has undoubtedly met with the stern
realities of many economic princi-ples.
In case you ask for advice in
this realm don't forget to ask for
some household hints.
Are you struggling with executive
problems? You surely would profit
by listening to his accounts of how
he wielded the presidential sceptre
of three Academy classes, the Alexis
Society, and the Seminary senior
class. As a member of the Student
Council and the Religious Council
he has learned to deal with prob-lems
of student life.
"By the way, I took some sub-jects,
too", he remarked. "I spent
my spare time taking care of my
studies". In case you doubt this
look up his scholastic record. He
took first honors in the Academy,
second honors in the Junior Col-lege,
and now he is the salutatorian
of the Seminary graduating class.
One field where he has always
been found active is in practical
Christian work. As gospel team
leader he has reached many
churches and missions in the cities
and throughout the state. As pres-ident
of the Ministerial Students'
Association, Missionary Band, and
Student Volunteers he has extended
his interest across the waters. For
three summers he has served as stu-dent
pastor and labored as mission-ary
in Northern Minnesota.
Looking back over the eight years
Leonard says that there has been a
"tremendous improvement in the
quality of the students and in the
school life." Upon graduating he
will leave for Kipling, Saskatsche-wan,
Canada, to take up the pastor-ate
of the Highland Baptist church.
School Picnic Held on
Medicine Lake Grounds
The All-School picnic was held
at Medicine Lake on Wednesday,
May 19; class sessions closed for
the day after chapel.
The well-planned recreational
program of ball games, horseshoe
matches, croquet, and volley ball
provided activities for everyone.
An inspiring devotional bonfire-service
climaxed the outing; testi-monies
in appreciation of the Chris-tian
fellowship shared at Bethel
were given by students and faculty.
In chapel the following day the
student body unanimously expressed
their appreciation to the committee,
composed of Roger Goodman, chair-man;
Herbert Franck, Edward Nel-son,
Hope Widen, Prof. Adolf Olson
and Prof. E. G. Norstrom, for the
splendid, well-planned activities en-joyed
by everyone at the picnic.
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JUST BEFORE DAWN TODAY
Clop clop . . . Clop clop . . . Clop
clop clop clop . . . what a strange
sound . . . Clop clop .. Clop clop . .
Clop clop clop clop . . . I try to
shake it off . . . but it keeps getting
louder . . . Clop clop . . . Clop clop
. . . Clop clop clop clop . . . Now
it possesses my room . . . and I
awaken.
I arise, hurry to the window, and
raise the blind There is a "new-in-my-
experience" spectacle in the
street below, and it is some mo-ments
before I realize that I am
seeing cavalry passing . . . moving
just before dawn.
There is no sound but that sound
which now seems eternal . . . Clop
clop . . . Clop clop . . . Clop clop
clop clop. . . . There is no light but
that which shines from the lanterns
swinging on the caissons, and the
sparks as horeshoes strike upon the
pavement. For five or six minutes
they are passing by . . . sinister
shadows . . . but I know they are
mounted troops.
Clop clop . . . Clop clop . . .
horses . . . a caisson . . . a yellow
lantern . . . Clop clop clop clop . . .
more horses . . . another caisson .. .
another lantern . . . Clop clop . . .
Clop clop . . . still more horses
. . . sparks on the pavement . . .
Clop clop clop clop . . . A high-wheeled
covered wagon rolls by, and
they are gone.
But the pavement turns a pale
orange . . . it grows yellow . . .
then white . . . from the lights of
the long, low, dark coach which
quietly creeps by . . . In a white
panel on its side is the large red
cross . . . I am alone in the dark
again.
I saw cavalry moving just before
dawn today.
Baptist Leader Speaks
Before Student Group
Dr. Earle V. Pierce, newly elected
president of the Northern Baptist
Convention, delivered the message
of the final combined chapel pro-gram
of the school year Thurs-day,
June 3.
Centering his thoughts around the
affirmation of Paul "I am ready,"
Dr. Pierce gave three elements of
Paul's readiness which we must
have for success in life. First of all
was his Conversion. "Life begins
when we surrender to God," said
Dr. Pierce. "We are not saved from
sin until we are delivered from
self."
Paul's Culture enabled him to go
out and preach the gospel to the
Gentiles. In like manner it is im-portant
for us to do thoroughly
what we do. We should have
breadth as well as depth of culture.
Another element of Paul's readi-ness
was his Commission. "God
has a commission for everyone who
enters into his service," said Dr.
Pierce. "God has a place for you."
Prof. George Hultgren sang two
selections.
Prof. H. C. Wingblade has a very
full schedule for the summer. He
will be speaking at Institutes and
Y. P. Assemblies from Illinois to the
West Coast. In July he will speak
at the Swedish Baptist General, Con-ference
in Los Angeles.
Dr. Lockyer, of Liverpool Eng-land,
who has recently participated
in services at the Union Gospel
Mission, St. Paul, spoke at chapel
Tuesday, May 18. Centering his
thoughts around the Lord's inter-cessory
prayer, Dr. Lockyer dis-cussed
prayer, and methods of
prayer. "There should be as much
method in our prayers as in our
studies," he said. "We lose a great
deal in our prayer life because we
are too general."
Dr. Ostrom of M. B. I. Speaks
"Get shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace" was the
theme of a chapel address Wednes-day,
May 19, by Dr. Henry Ostrom
of Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.
Dr. Ostrom explained that in the
same manner as we wear shoes to
separate ourselves from the earth
so we should be shod with the gos-pel
of peace and become separated
from the things of the earth. "It
it a separation from a doomed world
for the Christian," he said.
Lewis, Youth Evangelist, Talks
Rev. Marvin Lewis, youth evan-gelist
from the South who, during
the earlier part of May, held special
meetings at the Tabernacle Baptist
church in Minneapolis, spoke at
chapel Tuesday, May 11. The sub-stance
of his talk was as follows:
"Ho"—everyone that thirsteth; "Go"
—tell everyone else the story;
"Lo"—I am with you always.
COLLEGE CLUB GROUP MEETS
The College Club held its final
meeting of the year Wednesday,
May 26, and featured a lecture by
Dr. K. J. Karlson. His subject
was Psycho-Therapy, that is Mental
Healing. Elmer John led the devo-tions.
The musical numbers in-cluded
a trumpet solo by Kermit
Johnson, a piano solo by Ruth Fre-dine,
and a vocal solo by Alice
Anderson.
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College Students Sponsor Children's
Clubs
During the winter and spring
months, Carolyn Nelson and Gladys
Peterson, students of the Junior
College, have been doing a bit of
missionary service in the form of a
Girl's Club which they, through
their own initiative, have conduct-ed.
Each Friday evening, a meeting
is held in the Seminary building at
which time a program is carried
out which is designed to both create
an active interest and provide prac-tical
Bible study. Each meeting is
preceded by a period of games and
recreation and then there follows
choruses, Bible study, and object
lessons in which salvation is stress-ed.
About fifteen girls attend these
meetings regularly.
John Bergeson, also of the college,
has been carrying out a similar
work among the boys of the com-munity.
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ONE AMONG MANY
A friend and I sat for almost two
hours in a waiting room of a large
department store in Minneapolis the
other day, and watched the people
come and go.
Outstanding among the impres-sions
received was that of a dear,
little, old lady who hobbled slowly
into the room. Her age must have
been close to eighty, for her skin
lay in tiny folds upon her face, and
she moved slowly and painfully to
the nearest chair. But her eyes were
sparkling and blue, and young, and
they darted around the room in
quick, little, bird-like glances. She
spoke to us, and we thought that we
had never heard a voice so wonder-fully
sweet. Then, chuckling softly
to herself, she took a ball of soft,
pink yarn from her bag, and began
to knit. As she knitted, she hummed
softly to herself "Lead Kindly
Light", while a sort of radiance
seemed to weave itself around her
little, bent form.
The silence was disturbed by the
entrance of a smartly dressed ma-tron
whose very presence shouted
"society". She rushed up to the
little old lady and spoke to her in
a cold, hard voice.
"Mother! How many times have
I told you not to sneak away by
yourself? I'm not going to stand for
it any longer. If you can't do what's
expected of you, I'll send you to
an old people's home. I won't have
you constantly humiliating me. Now,
put up that knitting, and come on".
The sparkle and the youth faded
from the little old lady's eyes as she
meekly followed her daughter's in-structions,
and she glanced at us
wistfully in passing and smiled a
sad, little smile.
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
2359 Territorial Road
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24th St. and 28th Ave. S.
Rev. Walfred Holmberg
Minneapolis, Minn.
Everybody Welcome
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A Prayer for Us
Lord, look down on youth today
With love and pity in thine eyes and see
Them brave, undaunted, throw away
The cross of Christ; they turn from thee.
They've tried to walk alone, and stumbling cried
Out to the world in vain. I know Thou art
The Way, the Truth, the Life. They need a guide;
The road is long—Lord, touch their hearts.
Lord, look down on me, I pray,
With love and pity in thine eyes for me
- Because I let the chances slip away,
When I could point a friend to Calvary.
Lord, would I had compassion like to Thine,
That every lost young soul become a part
Of me, that aches and burns until I lead
Them to the cross—Lord, touch my heart.
CAROLYN NELSON.
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page Five
THE SCOUT
Theses . . . exams . . . term papers
. . . and dandelions.
Caps and gowns . . . pictures . . .
commencement . . . and lawnmow-ers.
Baseball . . . tennis . . . horse-shoe
. . . and sunburn.
Picnics . . . parties . . . pow-wows
. . . and cramming.
Lilacs . . . canoeing . . . mosquitoes
. . . and weddings.
No more pencils . . . books . . .
hard-board bench . . . for June is
here again.
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The Glee Club of Mounds-Mid-way
Hospital and our Male Chorus
combined in a concert at Central
Church May 17. . . . The proceeds
were divided between the two or-ganizations
. . . the money is to be
used to establish scholarships, it is
said.
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A very happy idea it was the
seniors had when they decided upon
caps and gowns as their gift to the
school. . . . Seniors of many years
to come will be thankful for it. . . .
(By the way—we've really had a
chance to try out the gift of '36 by
now . . . we do appreciate that
walk!)
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The Student Council and Student
Volunteers got together and spon-sored
a special missionary giving
campaign May 3-15. . . . The money
will go to Miss Fern Rold's school
in Assam. . . . Plans are under way
to make something of this kind
annual . . . next year it may be a
Pre-Easter event.
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Summer Assemblies you'll want
to know something about:
American Baptist
Lake Esquamagua . . . Virginia.
July 5-12.
Dr. Dahlberg, Dr. Pierce, Esther
Ehnbom.
Swedish Baptist
Lake Geneva . . . Alexandria.
July 31-August 8.
Dr. Moyer, Marvin Samuelson,
William Tapper.
Northwestern Bible School
Medicine Lake . . . Minneapolis.
August 16-30.
Vance Havner, Dr. Pittingill, 0.
Van Steenberg from Belgium.
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"Spire" is a good choice of name
for the new annual . . . not only is
it suitable for this year, but it has
qualities which make it worthy of
becoming permanent.
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Two down . . . more to go. . . .
Francis Sorley and Marian Orr were
married at Fourth Baptist church,
Minneapolis, Friday evening, June
4. . . . The Seminary chapel was
the scene of the wedding of Donald
Clover and Margaret Lunstrom
Tuesday evening, June 7. . . .
There'll be another in Duluth June
20 and one in Portland, Ore.,
June 25.
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June, 1938, will be a big month
for Swedish-Americans—it marks
the three hundredth anniversary fo
the founding of the Swedish colony
at Wilmington, Deleware. . . . Dr.
Hagstrom has been appointed a
member of the Swedish Tercenten-ary
Commission by Governor Ben-son.
Those funny little cameras you
see around are part of a country
wide craze . . . candid cameras they
are called . . . and they're proving
to be quite a nuisance some places.
. . . Walk with circumspection this
summer, for it seems they are cap-able
of "shooting" one almost any-where
at just about any time.
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It looks as if there will be the
usual number of picture contests
this summer . . . Pioneer Press has
just announced one . . . Why not
enter a few of your good snap shots
. . . It's fun seeing them printed, and
the prize money comes in handy .. .
You don't have to be an expert to
win . . . but you do have to be
lucky.
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Those meat balls! . . . Those hot
biscuits! . . . Those apple pies! . . .
Those Sunday dinners! . . . Those
home made cookies! . . . Say!! . . .
I hope Mrs. Olson comes back!!! •
We're going to miss the fellows
who are leaving the dorm this year
. . . We've learned to listen for their
footsteps down the hall . . . to recog-nize
their peculiar calls and laughs
. . . and to expect from each a par-ticular
sort of "demonstration"
whenever an occasion might call it
forth . . . It's been fun going to
their rooms and in turn having
them "drop in" . . . sometimes to see
if there was a bite to eat . .. occa-sionally
to check up on an assign-ment
or borrow a book . .. but us-ually
just to chat . . . They won't
be here when we get back . . . Some-one
will take their places alright
. . . but we'll miss those fellows who
are leaving this year.
"Permissable Honor Seeking"
Is Baccalaureate Address
Rev. Eric J. Anderson's sermon
"Permissable Honor Seeking" con-stituted
the major portion of the
baccalaureate services held at Cen-tral
Baptist Church Sunday evening
June 6.
Using words of the Apostle Paul
as a basis of his talk, Rev. Ander-son
pointed out wherein the Bible
permits a person to seek honor for
himself. These words of Paul to
the Romans are but one of the three
instances in the New Testament
which quoted to show that such
honor seeking is permissable.
Besides Rev. Anderson's message
there was a varied program of mu-sical
numbers by the Central
Church Choir, and Herbert Franck
and John Valine who sang two
duets. Dean Emery Johnson read
Scripture and Dr. K. J. Karlson
led in the opening prayer. Dr. G.
Arvid Hagstrom presided over the
services.
PIERRE TANGENT TO
HEAD BOARDING CLUB
Boarding club members re-elect-ed
Pierre Tangent steward of the
club for next year at an election
held Saturday, June 5. In the capac-ity
of steward Pierre will super-vise
the buying of supplies, the
activities in the kitchen, and will
travel among Minnesota Baptist
churches collecting donations of
foodstuffs during the fall months.
Due to efficient management and
the liberal contributions of food
from the Baptist churches of Min-nesota,
the clubs finances have been
good making it possible to give the
members of the club free meals for
two weeks.
At present the cook, Mrs. Raier
Olson of Karlstad, Minnesota, and
five assistants are working in the
kitchen preparing the food for the
sixty-five members of the club.
Directors of the boarding club,
who are elected for one year by the
group are Clifford Dickau, John
Bergeson, Carl Holmberg, and Har-old
Wilson with Dean K. J. Karlson
serving as faculty adviser.
Lundberg Names Annual
One dollar and a copy of The
Spire goes to John D. Lundberg
for having submitted the name
which in the opinion of the judges
is most suitable for Bethel's an-nual.
In commenting on his choice
Mr. Lundberg said that it . . .
"came while I was observing the in-spiring
beauty of the church spires
of the Twin Cities. A spire has
considerable meaning; it means dig-nity
. . . knowledge . . . strength
. . . worship . . . "
Get Your Copy of
"THE SPIRE °,
Bethel's First Annual Since 1932
Published by Clarion Staff
Only a limited number left
50c each
Training for Nurses
THE MOUNDS-MIDWAY SCHOCL CP
NURSING, operated in conjunction
with the Mounds Park Hospital and
the Midway Hospital, offers the un-usual
opportunity of taking training
in two hospitals of high standard.
High school education, sound
health and good moral character are
prerequisites for entrance.
Applications for the next term are
now being considered and should be
made to the Director of the MOUNDS..
MIDWAY SCHOOL OF NURSING.
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NORTHWESTERN BAPTIST
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SAINT PAUL, MINNBSOTP
Page Six THE BETHEL CLARION June, 1937
ALUMNI NEWS BY STAN
Hollis Johnson '28, together with
his Macalaster College Band, is pre-senting
a series of spring concerts
in the Twin Cities.
Marion Ruth Peterson was born
to Jeanette and E. G. Peterson on
May 26. We were asked to add her
to the list of future Bethelites.
Victor Sherling, '34 was ordained
into the Gospel ministry at the First
Swedish Baptist church, Minneapo-lis.
He is now the pastor of the
First Baptist church of Jamestown,
N. D.
Lois Magnuson was married to
Gilbert Falk on Saturday, June 5.
Virgil Olson, '34 completes his
Junior year at Macalaster College
this spring. During the summer he
is to serve as student pastor of
the Sandy Lake Baptist church at
Barnum, Minnesota.
Norma Newstrom, '35, on a recent
visit to Bethel informed us that
this summer she expects to teach
Bible School at Hillman and Belle
Plaine, Minnesota, and possibly in
places in Wisconsin and Nebraska.
George Bauer, '34 has been trans-ferred
by the Dunn and Bradstreet,
Inc., from his position in North and
South Dakota to a position with
that firm in Minneapolis. Recently
he was married to Ruth Nordgren.
May Halstenrud, '32, writes to Miss
Larson of the recent fire which
ruined their orphanage in Alaska
where she is working together with
Hannah Wiggman, '32. She lost
everything that she owned, even the
money she had in her purse. The
Red Cross lent a helping hand and
supplied necessary items; the chil-dren
all sleep on the floors of near
by buildings.
Emily Satterberg, '21, writes from
her field in Belgian Congo that "it
is good to get the Clarion, it is
just like a letter from home; thanks
to whoever is sending it." She ex-pects
to return home next May after
a period of delightful service in the
foreign field. Also she writes "I feel
much happiness because I see the
fruit of our work all around us."
Marie Wistrand, '19, working in
China under the Scandinavian Mis-sionary
Alliance said in chapel that
every time she thinks of Bethel and
what the students get here she gets
a thrill. She also told of some of the
hardships she endured during her
eleven years as missionary in cen-tral
China.
An Alumni Dinner was held at
the Northern Baptist convention in
Philadelphia on May 21; the follow-ing
were present: Dr. G. Arvid Hag-strom,
Rev. R. E. Nelson, Rev. E. A.
Finstrom, Rev. and Mrs. H. W.
Malmsten, all of the Twin Cities;
L. H. Peterson, Clarks Grove, Min-nesota;
Rev. Henry F. Widen, Minot,
N. D.; Lloyd Lenning, Bonesteel,
S. D.; Mrs. Ola Hanson, Burma;
Rev. Walfred Danielson, New York
City; Rev. I. Cedric Peterson, Chi-cago;
Rev. and Mrs. Roger Wick-strand,
India; Astrid Peterson, Sui-fu,
West China; Esther Ehnbom,
Belgian Congo, Africa; Elam Ander-son,
McMinnville, Oregon; and Rev.
C. Ivar Peterson, New Lisbon, Wis.
Aleda Nelson, '30, became the
bride of Mr. Arvid Swanson, a Chi-cago
engineer on April the fourth.
They are making their home in
Chicago.
H UMOR
OPE
Hazel. Why does Harold W. al-ways
return your manuscript?
Clayton. I have no idea.
Hazel. Ah—that explains it.
Mr. Johnson. When do leaves be-gin
to turn?
Valine. The night before exam-inations.
Rev. H. And what is your child's
name?
Mrs. X. Shirley.
Rev. H. Shirley?
Mrs. X. Yes, sir. Shirley, after
the famous Shirley Temple.
Rev. H. Yes, yes, of course. Let's
see, who is the preacher there now.
Pinkey came to class late again.
Prof. You should have been here
20 minutes ago.
Pinky. Why? What happened?
Oliva mopped her plate with her
bread.
Max. Do you think that's etticut?
Oliva. No, gravy. . . .
Being college bred is sometimes
only a stale loaf.
"It's the little things in life that
tell," said Charlotte as she pulled
her little brother from under the
davenport.
Maurice. I want The Life of
Ceasar.
Muriel. Sorry but Brutus beat
you to it.
They are going to change Como
park to Como orchard because there
are so many "pears" under the
trees .
A man had a "scrap" with his
wife and sent for a doctor to treat
his face, which was badly scarred
and scratched from the woman's
nails. After treating the husband,
the doctor turned to the wife.
"I'd think, madame, that you'd
be ashamed to treat your husband
so—he is the head of the family."
"Doctor," said the woman, "hasn't
a woman got a right to scratch her
own head?"
Dickau. One thing that bothers
us is why a speed cop, after winning
a swell race, always seems so mad
about it.
Snelling - Como Garage
Texaco Oil Station
1228 North Snelling Avenue
Open All Night MIdway 2757
Herbert. What's worse than rain-ing
cats and dogs?
Clarence. I don't know unless it's
hailing street cars.
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: ATHLETICS :
BETHEL GAINS SECOND
CONFERENCE VICTORY
Rallying for 2 runs in the 9th
inning, Bethel's Baseball Team
edged out Dr. Martin Luther Col-lege
of New Ulm by a 5-3 count in
the game played Thursday, May 27,
at New Ulm. This was the second
conference victory of the year for
the Red and White.
Bethel scored twice in the 1st on
two hits, two walks and an error,
and then added another run in the
first of the 3rd. Dr. Martin Luther
came back with 3 runs in its half
of the 3rd and then the teams
battled without a score until Bethel
put on its winning rally in the 9th.
The victory was a well deserved
one for Peiper who twirled a beau-tiful
game for the winners, allow-ing
only six hits and never being
in trouble except for the 3rd inning.
The Box Score R. H. E.
Bethel 5 9 5
Dr. Martin Luther 3 6 4
Mankato College Team
Smashes Bethel Twice
Bethany Junior College of Man-kato
buried the Bethel Nine 22-3
in the baseball game played be-tween
the two teams Friday, May
28 at Mankato.
Bethany's hard hitting team
prved t be far too good for Bethel.
Wretched fielding helped swell the
Home Team's score, the visitors
kicking in with no less than 10
errors.
Heitner again showed the way to
his club by hitting safely 3 times.
Appelquist, with a single and a
triple, drove in all of his team's
runs.
The Box Score R. H. E.
Bethel 3 5 10
Bethany 22 15 1
Bethany Defeats Bethel Again
Making every hit count, Bethany
Junior College of Mankato defeated
Bethel by an 18-12 score in the game
played at Bethel Friday, May 14.
Coach Johnson's gang pulled away
to an early 3-1 lead but this lead
was short-lived as the visitors went
out in front in the 3rd with a cluster
of 4 runs.
Heitner of Bethany, with 4 hits,
led his team's attack. Tanquist,
with three singles, provided the
main punch for Bethel.
The Box Score R. H. E.
Bethany 18 18 3
Bethel 12 10 4
Bethel Loses Final Game
Bethel's baseball team was buried
for the second time within a week
by a lopsided margin when it wound
up its 1937 season Thursday, June
1, against Concordia Junior College
of St. Paul. The game, played at
Bethel, ended in a 20-2 score.
Paced by their short-stop Natcht-sheim
who had a field day at bat
with six hits out of six trips to the
plate, Concordia had an easy time
winning. Pieper's home-run with
one aboard averted a shut-out for
Bethel.
The Box Score R. H. E.
Concordia 20 15 3
Bethel 2 5 6
RESUME OF SEASON
Weak in the catching department
and in hitting, Coach "Bucky"
Johnson's baseball team finished
its season June 1st with a record
of only two games won out of
seven.
At the beginning of the season
things looked very promising but
then the team was almost wrecked
by the ineligibility of several play-ers.
One of these was the regular
catcher and the other a pitcher and
star hitter. Had these two men been
able to play, there is no doubt but
that "Bucky's" outfit would have
done much better.
Tanquist, who played center-field,
led the team this year in batting
with an average of .466 which is
good in any man's league. The
batting average for the whole team
was .222 and this speaks volumes.
Tennis Team in Tie for Second
Place in Junior College League
Tie for second place with Bethany
in the Conference standing is the
record of this year's Bethel tennis
combination, composed of Bob Wing-blade,
Herb Franck, Joel Strand-berg,
and Ned Holmgren. Concordia
gave Bethel her only defeats of the
year by scores of 5-1, 3-1. Waldorf
was no match for Bethel as Bethel
won decisively 6-0. Herbert Franck
twih six victory points led the team
in scoring.
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BETHEL JUNIOR COLLEGE
Provides Foundation Courses in
LIBERAL ARTS, PRE-SEMINARY, PRE-NURSING
OTHER PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Is Fully
ACCREDITED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Is a Member of the
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF JUNIOR COLLEGES
Special Courses in Preparation for Christian Lay Leadership
BEGINS THE FALL TERM, SEPTEMBER 13, 1937
Bethel Theological Seminary is a Baptist school which stands for
historic Baptist principles in regard to the Word of God, evangel-ism,
and church polity. For sixty-six years it has prepared men
and women for the gospel ministry at home and abroad.
With a strong emphasis on spiritual experience and insight, un-divided
devotion to the cause of Christ, as well as scholastic attain-ment,
the school offers to serious-minded men and women, who
have heeded the Master's call, unexcelled opportunities for prepara-tion
for their life work.
For catalog and further information address:
BETHEL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
1492 North Snelling Avenue
St. Paul, Minn.